Martine Hjørnevik
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Martine Kolbeinshavn Hjørnevik 18 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m hurdles: 7.96 (Bærum, 2026) 100 m hurdles: 12.97 (Sestriere, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Martine Kolbeinshavn Hjørnevik (born 18 February 2001) is a Norwegian sprint hurdler. She has won Norwegian national titles over 100 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles, She was the 2018 European under-18 champion.[1]
Career
From Bergen,[2] and a member of IL Norna-Salhus,[3] Hjørnevik excelled in athletics from a young age. At the 2016 Norwegian Youth Athletics Championships, she won the 100 metres and 80 metres hurdles.[4]
Competing at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival, she won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles, behind Zoë Sedney of the Netherlands. As a 16 year-old in February 2018, Hjørnevik won the 60 metres hurdles at the senior Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships, in her first race over senior hurdlers.[5] She won in 8.36 seconds, to take the U18 world lead. That year, she won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary ahead of Sedney.[6][7][8]
Hjørnevik was a finalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. She lowered her personal best by three hundredths in her heat with a time of 13.64, before running 13.60 seconds in the final to place sixth.[9][10] She later also represented Norway at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[11]
Hjørnevik was runner-up to Elea Jørstad Bock in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships in Bærum.[12] In August 2025, she won the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 13.10 seconds at the 2025 Norwegian Athletics Championships.[13]
Hjørnevik set a new personal best of 8.11 seconds for the 69m hurdles on 1 February 2026, before lowering it to 7.96 seconds the following week to go under the automatic standard for the World Indoors.[14][15] Hjørnevik was runner-up to Elea Jørstad Bock in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships in Bergen.[16] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[17]
References
- ^ "Martine Kolbeinshavn Hjørnevik". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Ida Breigan med norsk årsbeste i lengde". Friidrett.no. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Junior National Athletics Team 2023". sportsidioten.no. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Martine Hjørnevik". Minfriidrettsstatistikk.info. October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Martine Hjørnevik (16) med ny årsbeste i verden". aftenbladet.no. 4 Feb 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Gull til Norna-Salhus og Gneist i U18-EM". aftenbladet.no. 8 Jul 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Martine Hjørnevik (16) med ny årsbeste i verden". adressa.no. 4 Feb 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Athletics: Lillefosse and Hjørnevik take gold in the U18 European Championships". Altaposten.no. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Corner to the final". ba.no. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Markus Rooth finished the European Championship with a Norwegian record in 10 matches". Friidrett.no. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 Feb 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Hjørnevik wins gold in 100 meter hurdles". nrk.no. 3 Aug 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Shock times from Martine Hjørnevik: Approaching the World Cup requirement". aasanetidende.no. 1 Feb 2026. Retrieved 5 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Martine met the World Cup requirement: Broke her record for the second weekend in a row". .aasanetidende.no. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "The Norwegian squad for the World Indoor Championships". Friidrett.no. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.